कारा

{ kārā }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   kārā f S A prison. In common use it requires an affix such as आगार, गृह &c. 2 Applied fig. to an irksome and confining business or occupation.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  f  कारागृह
 n   A prison.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : तुरुंग

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  स्त्री. १ तुरुंग ; कारागृह ; कारागार ; बंदिशाला , ' काय दिसे न तुम्हास्तव रिपुनीं उघडून ठेविली कारा । ' - विक . ६६ . २ ( ल .) त्रासदायक धंदा , काम संसार . ( सं .)

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कारा  f.  f. (√ 1. कृ?), a prison, [Vikr.]; [Daś.]
भिदादि   binding, confinement g.
   the part of a lute below the neck (for deadening the sound), [L.]
   pain, affliction, [L.]
   a female messenger, [L.]
   a female worker in gold, [L.]
   a kind of bird, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कारा [kārā]   1 Imprisonment, confinement.
   A prisonhouse, a jail; [Mv.6.25.]
   Part of a lute below the neck.
   Pain, affliction.
   A female messenger.
   A female worker in gold.
   A sound.
   An instrument for drawing the sound of the lute. -Comp.
-अगारम्, -गृहम्, -वेश्मन्  n. n. a prison-house, a jail; कारागृहे निर्जितवासवेन लङ्केश्वरेणोषितमा प्रसादात् [R.6.4,] [Śānti.4.1.]
-गुप्तः   a prisoner.
-पालः   a guard of a prison, jailor.